Manchester Christmas Lights Switch-on event pulled AGAIN for 2023

Hundreds of visitors descended upon Manchester’s Christmas Markets for the first Saturday of trading. Shoppers sipped on steaming mugs of mulled wine, tucked into tasty treats and broswed dozens of stalls selling handmade gifts.

This year's Manchester Christmas Markets have got off to a rousing start - with plenty of festive cheer already filling the city centre.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Arndale - with the centre unveiling its decorations for this year’s festivities. The shopping centre has a new display this year, called ‘The Flight Before Christmas’.

It’s not long now until the Manchester Christmas Markets return for 2023. Dozens of stalls will be spread out across the city centre selling an array of festive treats from Friday, November 10.

Festive cheer is descending upon the city once more as the Christmas Markets return to Manchester. In a few days’ time the city centre will be transformed as more than 200 huts strewn with garlands and twinkling lights fill various squares and streets.

People has announced their Sexiest Man Alive for 2023 – and they went with a very McDreamy actor!

Can you believe that Christmas is less than two months away?! Now that it’s November, it’s time to start listening to your holiday music playlists.

It’s not just about those repeats of A Christmas Story on TNT anymore.

The Trafford Centre is known for its colourful Christmas lights displays throughout the vast shopping mall come the winter. And visitors keen to get into the festive spirit will be pleased to hear it's not long to wait to see them light up now.

The date for Rochdale's Christmas lights switch-on has been confirmed as the borough prepares to welcome the festive season in 2023.

Manchester United loanee Brandon Williams has deleted a post on his Instagram story mocking his former club Norwich City's league position.

During autumn time, there's definitely more choice when it comes to picking what jacket to wear due to the ever changing weather. With leather jackets, trench coats and cropped gilets being a staple for many recently, one jacket has made a huge comeback on the outerwear scene - the bomber jacket.

Wynonna Judd is officially back on the road after launching her Back to Wy Tour!

The widow of MF DOOM has filed a lawsuit against his former A&R representative, claiming he stole 31 notebooks from the late rapper. The copyright infringement, fraud, intentional misrepresentation and unjust enrichment.lawsuit by Jasmine Dumile Thompson against Eothen “Egon” Alapatt was filed in California federal court Tuesday, Billboard reports. Along with copyright infringement, the lawsuit also alleges “fraud, conversion, unjust enrichment, constructive trust and declaratory relief” with a request for a jury trial.

If you can believe it, it's just two weeks to go until the Manchester Christmas Markets make their grand return - and the full list of market traders has been revealed. The annual festive event, which sees Manchester's streets and squares filled with wooden huts and festive cheer will launch on Friday, November 10, and will open daily until Thursday, December 21 across nine different "zones".

For anyone who drives regularly on the M56 or A556 through Cheshire, there is a familiar and sad sight along the roadside - of a gradually decaying old pub. Once The Nag's Head, and more recently the Cheshire Lounge, its car park and fields famously played host to Sunday car boot sales off Junction 7 of the M56 at Bowdon for years.

Autumn is in full swing and as much as we hate to admit it, the countdown to Christmas is officially on, so now is the perfect time to snap up your beauty advent calendar ready to open on December 1. Plenty of brands have already launched their beauty countdowns, including the LookFantastic Beauty Advent Calendar 2023, £99 here, which is worth more than £565, and the Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Lucky Chest Of Beauty Secrets, £160 here, which contains plenty of the brand’s must-have products.

Lil Uzi Vert just launched his first tour in five years!

Liza Foreman The global TV and streaming market is estimated to be worth $700 billion globally in 2023, with $164 billion earmarked for investment in programming, according to a Mipcom presentation last Wednesday by Omdia research analyst Tim Westcott. The $700 billion figure is based on combined revenues from advertising, subscription and public revenue, Westcott told audiences gathered at the leading TV confab. The figure is up 77% from $394 billion total in 2010.

The Met Office has issued a rare red weather warning ahead of Storm Babet hitting the UK - with rain forecast to fall across Greater Manchester tonight.